Isn't Martha M Moravec's writing awesome? Martha and I have been online friends for the past few years, and I'm excited to see her book become a reality.
Bravo!
Cal Glover-Wessel grew up in Brattleboro and lives here again after a few years of...
PUTNEY-I am grateful to call Bex Slattery a colleague, blessed to call her a friend,
WILMINGTON-As a former Vernon resident (and one dying to move back there!) I wholeheartedly endorse...
BRATTLEBORO-Oscar Heller is my choice for the three-year seat on the Brattleboro Selectboard. As a...
Thanks to community support and a successful inter-agency collaboration to preserve Windham County's biodiversity, the nonprofit Green Mountain Conservancy (GMC) has added 627 acres to the Deer Run Nature Preserve, augmenting the 297 acres bought 18 months ago. “It feels great, absolutely wonderful; we are absolutely delighted,” said Green Mountain Conservancy President Mary Ellen Copeland, calling the buy “a huge success.” “It's a beautiful, beautiful place,” she said. “There are some openings for power lines we have to put up...
Progressives are fighting so many battles these days. Income inequality, poverty, addiction, and homelessness; sexism, racism, homophobia, and xenophobia; and the existential threat posed by climate change - all compete for attention and commitment. Simply to follow the news is overwhelming, let alone to know how to fight the force of hatred and evil that reigns in the White House I care about these threats in equal measure. It is impossible to prioritize one above another for me, at least...
Next Stage Arts Project and Twilight Music present Dustbowl Revival, a Venice, Calif.-based roots collective that merges old school bluegrass, gospel, jug-band, swamp blues and the hot swing of the 1930s; plus Nashville-based, progressive acoustic folk duo 10 String Symphony, at The Vermont Jazz Center on Thursday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m. The Vermont Jazz Center is located at 72 Cotton Mill Hill in Brattleboro. Next Stage Arts Project, winner of a 2014 ArtPlace America grant, is renovating its main...
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